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(43) Date of publication: 24.07.2019 Bulletin 2019/30 (21) Application number: 17851587.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.09.2017

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B28B 1/00(2006.01) B29C 67/00(2017.01) H01F 1/00(2006.01) B22F 1/00(2006.01) D01F 6/46(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2017/051728 (87) International publication number: WO 2018/053235 (22.03.2018 Gazette 2018/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 15.09.2016 US 201662395289 P 12.10.2016 US 201662407318 P (71) Applicant: Nanocore Technologies, Inc. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US)	(72) Inventors: CONNOR, Stephen, T. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) SOROM, Theodore, C. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) GROVES, James, R. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) (74) Representative: Higgs, Jonathan  Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Altius House 1 North Fourth Street Milton Keynes, MK9 1NE Milton Keynes, MK9 1NE (GB)